Principles

August 02, 2011

The little boy and girls in Scaramento are playing hide and seek with your tax dollars

Russ Steele

The California Assembly says the public has no right to see lawmakers' current office budgets and spending projections. The Sac Bee and other media outlets submitted Legislative Open Records Act requests seeking, among other things, current office budgets for each Assembly member.

The answer came Monday: No way.

California voters are paying the bills for these Legislative clowns. I think we should know how they are spending our money?

Exit Quesion: Should the Legilature be more transparent and publish their budgets?

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The little boy and girls in Scaramento are playing hide and seek with your tax dollars

Russ Steele

The California Assembly says the public has no right to see lawmakers' current office budgets and spending projections. The Sac Bee and other media outlets submitted Legislative Open Records Act requests seeking, among other things, current office budgets for each Assembly member.

The answer came Monday: No way.

California voters are paying the bills for these Legislative clowns. I think we should know how they are spending our money?

Exit Quesion: Should the Legilature be more transparent and publish their budgets?